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in defense programs and in nondefense. and i think that message is starting to get out, and i think we'll get an agreement to avoid that. but in the process of doing that, we have to identify prior theties, we have to identify -- priorities, we have to identify values. now, fortunately in the agreement in 2011 there were programs exempted like medicaid, and that was the right decision. but even, even with certain exemptions we've got to make sure, first and foremost, we avoid the imposition of sequestration, but beyond that we're going to have some difficult debates about what happens after that when we start to deal with the larger debt issues. but i think we can avoid in a bipartisan way the impact 06 sequestration and that would, of course, be good for the economy, but it would also be good for kids. >> on that, also, i want to point out what the public thinks about the this. we asked this question of the public about do you think the deficit is a concern of yours, and 91% of americans said, yes, it is absolutely a conc
in defense programs and in nondefense. and i think that message is starting to get out, and i think we'll get an agreement to avoid that. but in the process of doing that, we have to identify prior theties, we have to identify -- priorities, we have to identify values. now, fortunately in the agreement in 2011 there were programs exempted like medicaid, and that was the right decision. but even, even with certain exemptions we've got to make sure, first and foremost, we avoid the imposition of...
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he will instruct the secretary of defense as to what the deal is and the secretary of defense will -- they want to resign, more power to them. but they will come and present a budget after the budget deal is done where they basically do what they are told. >> yes. >> i have a question. first, president obama says we can have a national ability and the chairman, you mentioned it too. how could you saves money you don't have? where is the money coming from? the second is there was mention -- defense spending. anybody know how much in terms of defense spending and should we talk about that to deal with it? the third question -- the world is changing. i think we have a new defense strategy. once you have a strategy you will know what kind of leadership you can have and what kind of armed forces you have and also defense technology. should we have discussion about this defense strategy? >> a couple thoughts. you say how do we invest domestic affairs, money we don't have. depending on the nature of the deal to raise revenue, basically you are saying money you are not spending will be availa
he will instruct the secretary of defense as to what the deal is and the secretary of defense will -- they want to resign, more power to them. but they will come and present a budget after the budget deal is done where they basically do what they are told. >> yes. >> i have a question. first, president obama says we can have a national ability and the chairman, you mentioned it too. how could you saves money you don't have? where is the money coming from? the second is there was...
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for the study to come to the secretary of defense and then the secretary of defense would have up to 90 days, not necessarily mandated to report to us on this independent evaluation of the basing structure. it's going to happen at the same time that there are environmental statements and other issues taking place on okinawa about the basing system and i want to see if we can move forward in a timely way to resolve this. the other one is the marine corps laydown. i've spoken with the assistant commandant about the numbers that they're using. i support this transitioning concept. i had many conversations with the marine corps and others about thisser early, but we do need to see it -- we need to see the laydown. it's part of the defense authorization bill. the question that i actually have in this short period of time relates to the evolving situation in syria. and, general, i would like to ask if you might characterize for us the lack of a better term, the on the ground opposition that now exists to the syrian regime. what proportion of this is domestic, what proportion is foreign, wh
for the study to come to the secretary of defense and then the secretary of defense would have up to 90 days, not necessarily mandated to report to us on this independent evaluation of the basing structure. it's going to happen at the same time that there are environmental statements and other issues taking place on okinawa about the basing system and i want to see if we can move forward in a timely way to resolve this. the other one is the marine corps laydown. i've spoken with the assistant...
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and i think it's not defensible to ask people to earn 20,000 pounds, 30,000 pounds to pay their taxes so the people sitting in the south can get child benefit. i don't think that's a. i know that members opposite of going to walk through the lobby tomorrow for something that they will financially benefit from. but i have to say i think it's profoundly wrong. [shouting] >> order, order. order. i want to accommodate backbenchers first. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the industry employs thousands of people across this country. the vast majority in manufacturing. will the prime minister listen to the plea and think again about this tax which will cripple and already suffering industry? >> i listen very carefully to the point that he makes a number of a friend the chancellor has been meeting with other yorkshire mps. but again, this is an issue about how we draw the vat boundaries fairly. i don't think it's fair that a mobile caravan pays vat but a stationary care than does not. no one is talking about putting vat on park homes that are peoples permit host but this is about a fair drawing of
and i think it's not defensible to ask people to earn 20,000 pounds, 30,000 pounds to pay their taxes so the people sitting in the south can get child benefit. i don't think that's a. i know that members opposite of going to walk through the lobby tomorrow for something that they will financially benefit from. but i have to say i think it's profoundly wrong. [shouting] >> order, order. order. i want to accommodate backbenchers first. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the industry employs...
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defense matters more than the deficit. defense jobs are important. these were some of the most strongly held views. then you have to look at the collins. the arguments against defense spending. they have to see that these were among the most strongly held and they were more strongly held in the pro argument. we spend more than enemies. don't feed the world policeman, and there is waste in the defense budget. these are summary. these are long full paragraphs that people have had the chance to read when they took the pole. i urge you to look at the actual language. these are summaries. i want to call attention to this viewpoint because it was the most widely held of all the viewpoints in the pole. 80% of all republicans and 86% of democrats basically said that members of congress often approve unnecessary spending for their districts or keep unneeded bases open just to benefit their own supporters. military branches by duplicates of weapons, they do a poor job of tracking where the money goes, defense contractors persuade lawmakers to approve weapons b
defense matters more than the deficit. defense jobs are important. these were some of the most strongly held views. then you have to look at the collins. the arguments against defense spending. they have to see that these were among the most strongly held and they were more strongly held in the pro argument. we spend more than enemies. don't feed the world policeman, and there is waste in the defense budget. these are summary. these are long full paragraphs that people have had the chance to...
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we have to have a robust system of defense. you would be amazed what people do want computers that they think anybody is watching. as i always tell my employees, nothing and he meant to us will ever surprise me. i think i have seen it all. it is amazing what audits will tell you. you cannot ever have 0 rest. i will tell you you will never be able to mitigate all risks. in the end, you have to consider three things. what is it you are doing? what is your mission? what is the threats against your mission? how will you balance the posture of security in whatever form a dense against us to other things? it will never be zero. the united states government and national security depend upon many agencies put themselves at risk every day. every day. to close, we all have a shared responsibility to help reduce the risk of cyber attack, personally professionally and across the u.s. government. it means each and everyone of you. if you have in the week password, go fix it. if you literally think that nobody cares about what is on your sys
we have to have a robust system of defense. you would be amazed what people do want computers that they think anybody is watching. as i always tell my employees, nothing and he meant to us will ever surprise me. i think i have seen it all. it is amazing what audits will tell you. you cannot ever have 0 rest. i will tell you you will never be able to mitigate all risks. in the end, you have to consider three things. what is it you are doing? what is your mission? what is the threats against your...
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defenses not the problem. -- defense is not the problem. the supercommittee was not able to carry out their mandate. we all understand that. we understand the political pressures, but the fact was it didn't happen, and so sequestration that was supposed to be so terrible they could never be actually put into place is getting closer. we are now one month -- for three months away from full implementation. i contend that we are already in sequestration. the jobs already been lost. the decisions are already being made to slow things down or cut things off, and people are losing their jobs. there are two impacts. one is a big cut on our defense which puts our security at risk. the second side is the impact on our economy. as the ceo said, if this thing goes there, that we will go right back into another recession starting next january. so this is very, very serious. the sequestration, the way it is outlined if you should take full effect in january is another five, 600 billion out of defense, and it is without any thought or any planning, just y
defenses not the problem. -- defense is not the problem. the supercommittee was not able to carry out their mandate. we all understand that. we understand the political pressures, but the fact was it didn't happen, and so sequestration that was supposed to be so terrible they could never be actually put into place is getting closer. we are now one month -- for three months away from full implementation. i contend that we are already in sequestration. the jobs already been lost. the decisions...
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number two is defense. you know, we spend more on national defense than the next 15 largest countries combined. that includes both china and russia. i personally think that we are bearing a disproportionate responsibility for global world peace, and i don't think america can afford to be the world's policeman. and i think admiral mullen who you had testify was right, you know, when asked what he thought the biggest national security problem was, he thought it was the deficits because they will consume every single dollar of resources that we have. the third biggest problem we have, in my opinion, is our income tax code. you know, we have, i think, the most inefficient, ineffective, globally-anticompetitive income tax code that man could dream up. you know, we netted last year about $1.3 trillion in taxable income, and that was because we had $1.1 trillion of back door spending in the tax code. what we recommended was that we start off with a plan that wipes out all of the spending in the tax code and uses a
number two is defense. you know, we spend more on national defense than the next 15 largest countries combined. that includes both china and russia. i personally think that we are bearing a disproportionate responsibility for global world peace, and i don't think america can afford to be the world's policeman. and i think admiral mullen who you had testify was right, you know, when asked what he thought the biggest national security problem was, he thought it was the deficits because they will...
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defense and policy issues. mike is literally the busiest man at brookings, if not all of think tank, but if you go on his online bio you see literally hundreds of articles that is written well tv and radio appearances number not in the hundreds but the thousand. maybe even tens of thousands. not clear. i'm on top of that he's written several great books, the wounded john, america's armed forces, topping out in afghanistan, and the science of war. is working on a new publication entitled why nuclear arms control is still important. then we'll hear from todd harrison. is a graduate of mit, degrees in aeronautics and astronautics. he's worked in the aerospace, developing systems and technologies, also serves and use the air force reserves. he's presently senior fellow for defense budget studies at the center for strategic and budgetary assessments what he is one of the top voices on the american defense budget. he has authored multiple publications on budget trend, initiative, military personnel costs most recentl
defense and policy issues. mike is literally the busiest man at brookings, if not all of think tank, but if you go on his online bio you see literally hundreds of articles that is written well tv and radio appearances number not in the hundreds but the thousand. maybe even tens of thousands. not clear. i'm on top of that he's written several great books, the wounded john, america's armed forces, topping out in afghanistan, and the science of war. is working on a new publication entitled why...
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but i don't think the defense budget is immune from pork. every budget cycle in if washington you see the pentagon submits a budget of what the generals and admirals say we need, and members of congress add spending on top of that. and i think that's spending that is added above and beyond what the pentagon asked for ought to be subject to heightened scrutiny as not being necessary for our national security. >> thank you, mr. cruz. >> governor dewhurst, same question about iraq and afghanistan. >> i think we went into both countries for the right turn purposes. we went into afghanistan weeks after 9/11 to search out and destroy the taliban. and al-qaeda. and that was a noble purpose after 9/11. the problem is that we weren't able to continue what we were doing because they were seeking safe haven in pakistan. in iraq we went in to iraq, i believe, based on the information in front of democrats and republicans at the time for the right reason. it looked as if there were weapons of mass destruction. but i think the obama administration was so
but i don't think the defense budget is immune from pork. every budget cycle in if washington you see the pentagon submits a budget of what the generals and admirals say we need, and members of congress add spending on top of that. and i think that's spending that is added above and beyond what the pentagon asked for ought to be subject to heightened scrutiny as not being necessary for our national security. >> thank you, mr. cruz. >> governor dewhurst, same question about iraq and...
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defensive medicine, but unnecessary defensive medicine is extremely costly. and yet if i was a doctor today, i'd be doing exactly what my advice was 37 years ago. and really doing everything i possibly can. i don't expect you to opine on what it's costing the health care profession just from unnecessary defensive medicine, but it's a whopping amount of money, a lot more than the cbo says. i remember the cbo said 10 billion a year, but i think it's approaching 2-300 billion a year when you consider how important health care is in our lives today. and a lot of that is because we just can't seem in the congress to resolve this issue so that doctors can handle it. now, i would like you to give some thought, i've really enjoyed your comments here today, but i'd like each of you to give some thought and maybe even send in writing to us what we might do. you got democrats who don't want to defend their personal injury lawyers, republicans who don't think there's ever been any reason to sue for medical liability. not many, but there's some. [laughter] and you've got
defensive medicine, but unnecessary defensive medicine is extremely costly. and yet if i was a doctor today, i'd be doing exactly what my advice was 37 years ago. and really doing everything i possibly can. i don't expect you to opine on what it's costing the health care profession just from unnecessary defensive medicine, but it's a whopping amount of money, a lot more than the cbo says. i remember the cbo said 10 billion a year, but i think it's approaching 2-300 billion a year when you...
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and for our national defense. um, in this bill the systems that will be asked to meet standards are defined as those that are brought down or common deered -- commandeered would lead to the collapse of financial markets or significant degradation of our national security. so this is a tight and high standard. after identifying the systems that meet those standards, the secretary of the department of homeland security under the legislation would then work with the private sector operators of the systems to develop cybersecurity performance requirements. owners of the privately-operated cyber systems covered would have the flexibility to meet the performance requirements with whatever hardware or software they choose so long as it achieves the required level of security. the department of homeland security will not be picking technological winners or losers and in my opinion there's nothing in the bill that would stifle innovation. in fact, a letter from cisco systems and oracle, two of our most prominent i.t. compa
and for our national defense. um, in this bill the systems that will be asked to meet standards are defined as those that are brought down or common deered -- commandeered would lead to the collapse of financial markets or significant degradation of our national security. so this is a tight and high standard. after identifying the systems that meet those standards, the secretary of the department of homeland security under the legislation would then work with the private sector operators of the...
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i mean, this is not an obama defense budget. we saw all of the -- we saw all of the combatant comoonders, all of the service chiefs stand up and say this is actually what we need, and this would not be add for a defense budget to decline after conflicts. >> i agree. so what i believe is that this budget does hollow out defense. i believe this budget goes beyond where we ought to go to have a strong national defense to keep people safe. i think they're using budget gimmicks as well. they're pushing the joint strike fighter out to another five-year window keeping the number of planes they want to buy but stretching it out which means it costs more per copy. they're putting their drawdown funds into the supplemental bill. so i think there's a lot of budget smoke and mirrors in the pentagon's budget which is not a true, honest and accurate budget. so when you confront military experts, retired or active, they can see these -- concede these things to us. so i think we need an honest pentagon budget, put the screw toss the pentagon be
i mean, this is not an obama defense budget. we saw all of the -- we saw all of the combatant comoonders, all of the service chiefs stand up and say this is actually what we need, and this would not be add for a defense budget to decline after conflicts. >> i agree. so what i believe is that this budget does hollow out defense. i believe this budget goes beyond where we ought to go to have a strong national defense to keep people safe. i think they're using budget gimmicks as well....
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the senate armed services committee will hold a hearing on defense programs with secretary of defense leon panetta, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey. that's on c-span at 9:30 a.m. eastern. >> there's been on his conventions, spirited disagreements, and i believe considerable hot arguments. but don't let anybody this misled by that. you have given here in this hall a moving and dramatic roof of how americans who honestly differ close ranks and move forward for the nation's well being, shoulder to shoulder. >> as candidates campaign for president this year we look back at 14 men who ran for the office, and lost to go to our website at c-span.org/thecontenders to see video of the contenders got a lasting impact on american politics. >> and what about you? are you now out of debt? do you have a comfortable backlog in the bank? are you paying less for the things that you buy? or more? do you really think things can't be better? of course they can. working together, we can and will make them better. >> c-span.org/thecontenders. >> now the turkish foreign
the senate armed services committee will hold a hearing on defense programs with secretary of defense leon panetta, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey. that's on c-span at 9:30 a.m. eastern. >> there's been on his conventions, spirited disagreements, and i believe considerable hot arguments. but don't let anybody this misled by that. you have given here in this hall a moving and dramatic roof of how americans who honestly differ close ranks and move...
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you are hurting defense. we wouldn't necessarily accept any cut anywhere in the education budget hurts education or that any cut anywhere in the welfare budget would necessarily hurt social welfare. but when it's defense, a lot of keys accept that line of -- conservatives accept that line of reasoning. secondly, a lot of conservatives saying well, the beneficiaries of this defense spending say it would be bad, therefore, obviously, we can't cut this spending. but that's not logic conservatives would accept with any other kind of government spending. when teachers say, obviously, the best thing we can do to stimulate the economy is hire more teachers, and the answer to that is, duh, of course they would say that, they're teachers. i think the best thing to stimulate the economy would be to hire more conservative journalists. [laughter] i think it's just self-evident that that would work. and that's logic that conservatives reject with most other forms of federal spending, but when it comes to defense spending,
you are hurting defense. we wouldn't necessarily accept any cut anywhere in the education budget hurts education or that any cut anywhere in the welfare budget would necessarily hurt social welfare. but when it's defense, a lot of keys accept that line of -- conservatives accept that line of reasoning. secondly, a lot of conservatives saying well, the beneficiaries of this defense spending say it would be bad, therefore, obviously, we can't cut this spending. but that's not logic conservatives...
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lee smith who is the senior editor at the weekly standard and the defense of democracies. he's the author of many books on arab. many were publied in 2010. without fur ado since we have so much to discuss. i'd like to turn the floor to amar. >> thank you very much, michael for the kind introduction and inviting note event which comes at the crucial time for syria as effects on the ground continue to ak accelerate and the situation continues to go out of control. it highlighted a plan of action on syria, i think we in the opposition can easily endorse because of the response to something the country has been talking about and the demand have been made. we hope that finally this administration will become more proactive about the situation and move faster than it has been doing over the last few months. if the current administration to wait until after the election, i'm not sure there will be a syria. it pains me to say that, but if you exam the situation on the ground right now, it is a situation that is seemed to be heading in the way of partitioning a country. plan a. is
lee smith who is the senior editor at the weekly standard and the defense of democracies. he's the author of many books on arab. many were publied in 2010. without fur ado since we have so much to discuss. i'd like to turn the floor to amar. >> thank you very much, michael for the kind introduction and inviting note event which comes at the crucial time for syria as effects on the ground continue to ak accelerate and the situation continues to go out of control. it highlighted a plan of...
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when he retired, the continued at the pentagon as deputy assistant secretary of defense, homeland defense, and american security affairs. immediately prior to joining us and heritage, he served as a lead consultant to ibm on cybersecurity policy. join me in welcoming my cci.eague steven ybu [applause] >> good morning. we hope to have a lively discussion this morning. i have a couple quick plug before my introduction of our esteemed speakers. first, today is national emp awareness day. electromagnetic pulse. it came up in our discussion yesterday and is kind of nice that this is part of our homeland security week discussion. electromagnetic pulse is something we need to worry about, because in a country like ours where everyone is connected electronically on a continuous basis, it would affect us. any of you who remember the blackberry outage we had last year for six hours and everybody in washington was in a panic, you can imagine what would happen if if we had an event where we lost all our capabilities in a city or maybe all over the east coast for a while. the other thing is today is t
when he retired, the continued at the pentagon as deputy assistant secretary of defense, homeland defense, and american security affairs. immediately prior to joining us and heritage, he served as a lead consultant to ibm on cybersecurity policy. join me in welcoming my cci.eague steven ybu [applause] >> good morning. we hope to have a lively discussion this morning. i have a couple quick plug before my introduction of our esteemed speakers. first, today is national emp awareness day....
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undoubtedly programs in missile defense, and there's a portfolio associated with missile defense. without question programs like latoral combat ship, excelling combat capabilities. and then an array of classified or intelligence oriented programs. all of which, as we understand the environment, would not be immune so the support service we provided the intelligence community would be adversely impacted. >> how about work force impacts? >> our best estimate, which i admit, is sufficiently crude, i am a little embarrassed to offer it, 10,000 people, but we've done it at the back of the envelope where we've made up the assumption of 120,000 people, in the neighborhood of 10,000, that number could be more or less depending upon will there be accounts that will be excluded as the chairman and ranking member said. there is still yet information to be determined. we'll shape our outcome there. i think 10,000 across the board is about the best answer i could offer. thank you, sir. >> well, sir, the three i would highlight in particular are the first and foremost, the uh-72 lakota helicopt
undoubtedly programs in missile defense, and there's a portfolio associated with missile defense. without question programs like latoral combat ship, excelling combat capabilities. and then an array of classified or intelligence oriented programs. all of which, as we understand the environment, would not be immune so the support service we provided the intelligence community would be adversely impacted. >> how about work force impacts? >> our best estimate, which i admit, is...
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role in the homeland defense? >> it is helpful to us the administration but the integration of all of these lines of efforts including recovery. we knew they were important. we knew where dod could make contributions. reelected overarching policy from work that the white house needed to lead to provide defense support to civil authorities. we benefited from the opportunity to participate until the development of the policies. it is grinned when you are in support to be given the framework within which are going to be able to operate and be able to serve. that is what we have today. it is enormously helpful. >> as the government have models so much with the teams and the national football league have and they are preparing to play on sundays, they have a computer system that can go back and analyze every play from their opponents in every situation. the help them prepare a game plan. does our government have a computer modeling bedticks datapoint from past disasters whether they be earthquakes, 9/11, hurricanes. th
role in the homeland defense? >> it is helpful to us the administration but the integration of all of these lines of efforts including recovery. we knew they were important. we knew where dod could make contributions. reelected overarching policy from work that the white house needed to lead to provide defense support to civil authorities. we benefited from the opportunity to participate until the development of the policies. it is grinned when you are in support to be given the framework...
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and so is the defense department. and both of you have gotten through this -- both reports, and you say there's no political correctness. but how do i explain to them that still we get no indication of of a man with a heavily-loaded automatic who walks down shooting uniformed soldiers who have either been to war or are on the way to war? it's not a battlefield, it's not a war action. they're not entitled to the benefits of a soldier at war, and yet they're dead, or they're wounded, or they're shot in the brain, and they're having to rehabilitate themselves to just stay alive. all these things have happened to these people, and nobody's taken even defining the enemy. and i just don't understand b why the two, two of the most important agencies of this government still haven't defined what happened at fort hood. by even mentioning that islamic terrorism had anything to do with it. if it, if he yelled out jesus christ is god, would they have said christians were involved? i mean, at what point does it get to be islamic t
and so is the defense department. and both of you have gotten through this -- both reports, and you say there's no political correctness. but how do i explain to them that still we get no indication of of a man with a heavily-loaded automatic who walks down shooting uniformed soldiers who have either been to war or are on the way to war? it's not a battlefield, it's not a war action. they're not entitled to the benefits of a soldier at war, and yet they're dead, or they're wounded, or they're...
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engaging in discussion can come to the best solution and the best answers principally for their own defense. and finally, he says, if the city's going to prosper, if the state's going to prosper and if it's going to survive, it has to effectively form ways of pooling these resources and channeling them into correct decisions. and it's very, very clear throughout he's thinking about national security as the principal thing that people are discussing. and, in fact, we know through quite recent historical research that in prominent greek democracy of this age, especially in athens, when assemblies of people came together and they were discussing issues, very frequently they were discussing questions of war and peace; whether to go to war, whether to make peace and what terms to make peace. and they were discussing deeply and profoundly questions of accountability of their own leaders who were engaged in national security decision making; did they exercise fair judgment, did they do the right thing? and the public, as we know in that era, was a very, very harsh judge of these things. so i think
engaging in discussion can come to the best solution and the best answers principally for their own defense. and finally, he says, if the city's going to prosper, if the state's going to prosper and if it's going to survive, it has to effectively form ways of pooling these resources and channeling them into correct decisions. and it's very, very clear throughout he's thinking about national security as the principal thing that people are discussing. and, in fact, we know through quite recent...
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and in particular the blessings that we have to be members of the department of defense family. someone, someone asked me the other day, kind of reflecting on the job of secretary of defense, what's the toughest part of this job, and what's the most memorable part of this job? and for me it comes down to the men and women who serve this country in the uniform. the toughest part of this job is to have to take the time to write notes to the families of those that have lost loved ones in war. and it's tough because as the father of three sons, recognizing the pain that that family must feel for the loss of a loved one is something that leaves a deep impact on me. and the ability to kind of take the time to write a few words of comfort and there, as all of you know, there are no words that you can find that can do justice to pain that's involved here, but for each one i try to write a note that not only expresses, obviously, my sorrow, but also says that their loved one loved, loved them, loved their family, loved this country and gave their life for all today loved. for all they lo
and in particular the blessings that we have to be members of the department of defense family. someone, someone asked me the other day, kind of reflecting on the job of secretary of defense, what's the toughest part of this job, and what's the most memorable part of this job? and for me it comes down to the men and women who serve this country in the uniform. the toughest part of this job is to have to take the time to write notes to the families of those that have lost loved ones in war. and...
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adding those guys helps us in defense issues and other things. we are not doing that now. >> republican support -- >> that may do it. >> so maybe to get it right an outward looking -- >> what would an american renewal agenda be comprised of? >> let's negotiate the first trade agreement in over four years. president obama is the first president not to negotiate a trade agreement. he got through -- >> he didn't negotiate south korea. >> those were negotiated -- >> they were negotiated by the previous administration but the bottom line is we have an opportunity right now in europe and asia to knock down barriers, tariffs and nontariff barriers. overwhelming support from the republican for the. i thing would've been tougher in the first of i understand politics, but this is a time to i think move on from that. the only point i would disagree with michael a little bit is we've got those problems that you just mentioned. europe and japan have been much worse than we, so we need to help our current largest trading partners it right by knocking down thes
adding those guys helps us in defense issues and other things. we are not doing that now. >> republican support -- >> that may do it. >> so maybe to get it right an outward looking -- >> what would an american renewal agenda be comprised of? >> let's negotiate the first trade agreement in over four years. president obama is the first president not to negotiate a trade agreement. he got through -- >> he didn't negotiate south korea. >> those were...
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the department of defense has indicated some willingness to implement a change to the civil gps signal so they can be awe authenticated like putting a water mark on the $20 bill they don't have the funds. i believe it would fall to the dhs to fund something like this. >> in just listening to what you have had to say look at the rate of which the uavs are being produced. if you're estimated it make take about five years to get there, we could be talking about, you know, tens of thousand of uavs at that point in time, having been deployed at some level whether it's military, whether it's local law enforcement. so, you know, i want to thank you first of all for the work that you've done, the research and the capabilities that you have uncovered. but my concern is you know what you suggest we do right now. >> the suggestion i have right now are these grassroots approaches for fixing the uav without having permission of the department of the gps director at the air force. there are reasonable techniques you bake in the gps sever receivers and the entire navigation system while they don't pr
the department of defense has indicated some willingness to implement a change to the civil gps signal so they can be awe authenticated like putting a water mark on the $20 bill they don't have the funds. i believe it would fall to the dhs to fund something like this. >> in just listening to what you have had to say look at the rate of which the uavs are being produced. if you're estimated it make take about five years to get there, we could be talking about, you know, tens of thousand of...
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water contamination information, and information that had been previously released, the department of defense is now saying shouldn't be released. that's very troubling because if it's information that has been released by the government in the past, it certainly raises the question why that information can continue to be released. >> any other comments? >> thank you. i'm just going to go back to the logs for a minute, just to mention, because not only this panel but earlier there's been a little bit of discussion about the foia portal project that is currently under construction. one important feature of that is tracking that directly brings in every single data point that agencies are required to make in their annual foia reports. and that tracking process would be available to any agency that participated. certainly that would be a good feature in terms of consistency, coherence, and also having data in one place that could be available, not only to congress, to the agencies, to the public, but just would really help, particularly those agencies that right now, in fact, that's one reason c
water contamination information, and information that had been previously released, the department of defense is now saying shouldn't be released. that's very troubling because if it's information that has been released by the government in the past, it certainly raises the question why that information can continue to be released. >> any other comments? >> thank you. i'm just going to go back to the logs for a minute, just to mention, because not only this panel but earlier there's...
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he wanted to be secretary of defense. he wanted to be anything in government and this was gratitude that the relationship that was forged without question i think back in a time when thomas dewey identified nixon as a young political person. >> just one thing to both of those comments. i know after my father was nominated and eisenhower and my father met come eisenhower admitted that he didn't realize just quite how young my father was when he made the decision to be the running mate. i don't think he realized him he was 39, so he -- you thought he was 42? >> that's right. 39 years old. >> let me go at back to what david said about governor dewey. that's exactly right. isenhour's campaign for president was run by dewey, brownell and clay but do we is always staying in the background because he had run and 48 and 44 and lost both times and do he remains very much in the background but do he indeed invited nixon to give the keynote address for the link and a address for the republican party in new york in 1952 and at that t
he wanted to be secretary of defense. he wanted to be anything in government and this was gratitude that the relationship that was forged without question i think back in a time when thomas dewey identified nixon as a young political person. >> just one thing to both of those comments. i know after my father was nominated and eisenhower and my father met come eisenhower admitted that he didn't realize just quite how young my father was when he made the decision to be the running mate. i...